Aircraft General

Question 1

Name the cockpit panels

Answer 1

Aft overhead Fwd overhead
Glareshield (EFISs & MCP) Left fwd / centre / right fwd
Fwd electric (lower DU and FMC CDUs) Control stand
Aft electric (inc fire wngs)

Question 2

Height of 737-800?

Answer 2

12.5m

Question 3

Width of 737-800?

Answer 3

35.78m (with winglets)

Question 4

Min width of rwy to turn 180 deg?

Answer 4

24.3m (ignore CBT figure)

Question 5

What limits the turn radius?

Answer 5

The wing tips (wingleted) The tail (non wigleted)

Question 6

Turn away limits?

Answer 6

No turn away if obstacle parallel within 5.4m of wingtip No turn away if obstacle on the nose 7.4m away

Question 7

Where are LE lift device indications?

Answer 7

Aft o’head panel

Question 8

List the doors on the right of the ac, do they have cockpit indications?

Answer 8

Fwd service Fwd cargo
Rt fwd o’wing Rt aft o’wing Aft cargo
Aft service -All have amber caption on flt deck when not locked

Question 9

Where are and what is the difference between the sets of landing lights?

Answer 9

Retractable – under the fuselage, parallel with the fuselage
(should be selected off before retracting to avoid visual confusion in cloud)
Fixed – in the wing root leading edge, shine down at a fixed angle

Question 10

Where are the rwy turn off lights?

Answer 10

Wing root leading edge next to fixed landing lights

Question 11

How many passengers exits and slides are there?

Answer 11

4 normal doors with slides
4 emergency o’wing exits without slides
Flap 40 before evacuation to allow descent from wing. If possible open aft
o’wing exits first to avoid hitting evacuees from the fwd o’wing exits

Question 12

Seat position for optimum eye position?

Answer 12

Able to see over the glare shield (nose partly visible)
Able to see the lower edge of outboard DU over a neutral control column

Question 13

Where is the water quantity indicator

Answer 13

Aft attendant’s panel

Question 14

Where is the potable water tank?

Answer 14

Behind the aft cargo pay

Question 15

When will the emergency exit lights illuminate?

Answer 15

Auto Loss of AC pwr, loss of DC BUS 1,
Switched on from aft atttendant’s panel or the flt deck

Question 16

On the cabin exit signs, what are the 3 lower lights?

Answer 16

Pink – Flt deck has called the cabin
Blue – a Pax has pressed the attendant button
Yellow – the toilet attendant button has been pressed

Question 17

Where is the primary fuelling point?

Answer 17

Under the right wing, towards the leading edge

Question 18

Where are the alternate refuelling points?

Answer 18

There are none. Option available, but not on company fleet. No gravity fill
option

Question 19

When do the Master Caution (MC) lights come on?

Answer 19

Any amber caption outside the primary FOV of the crew - both o’head and
aft elec panel .

Question 20

Turbulent air pen speed?

Answer 20

FCTM pg 79 cross refers to OM B Flying, Sup Procedures chapter (SP 16.24)
-Climb - 280 KIAS /0.76m whichever lower
-Cruise – use FMC recommended N1
-Descent – 280 / 250 KIAS / 0.76m. If <15000ft an

Question 21

Where can you find the MTOM / MLM / MZFW for a given A in the fleet

Answer 21

DS (Dynamic Source) 738 App 737-800 = non winglet
737-800W = wingleted*
737-800(W.1) = winglet and SFP (short field performance)
*(there is 4th ‘type’ of 800, originally manufactured without winglets, but with after market winglets added. These are also listed as Ws but have an additional 50% marker on the speed brake gauge for speed brake load
alleviation)